Genetic Diversity can from and through inbreeding. If that were not
true the Galapagos Islands wouldn't be what they are. That has to be
true for both plants and animals, or Hawaii wouldn't be so diverse.
Diversity is the product of mutation, inbreeding only increases the
rate both positive and negative. The only real success is in which
colony produces best in that specific climate.
So, all I am saying is that since you starter kits come from but a few
places in which bees are bred and sold, that they are more likely to
be climatized to the region that they are in, opposed to some region
you are occupying. When you buy a starter colony, they may not be
suited for the environment.
The second part, I had a science teacher in junior high school way
back in late 70s. When they started using those fume mats, he didn't
spill the chemical on his hive. But, it did ruin it and the wood the
frames were made of. He even tried moving a new starter colony into
that hive. Then the manufacturer threaten to sue over the fact that
he was discrediting a perfectly good product. So, he quit talking
about, and quit telling the class his story. Right on the label it
tells you that if you spill the product onto the wood and frames of
the hive the bees will leave. The whole court arrangement is simple,
it makes the bees back down and way from the frames. Therefore, the
product does what it claims.
Wood, is ****ous, and if allowed to soak in water, will absorb it. If
you took the wood from the hive, and had a spectrographic chemical
analysis done of one of the hives that the colony fled from. I
wouldn't be surprized that if the hive right next too it didn't have
nearly as many chemicals trapped in the wood. If you identified the
product, then I am sure you would find that over time and repeated
use, the chemical builds up in the wood and bees leave.
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